Read Edit View history 飲 yǐnyìn drink Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person with an open mouth (欠) drinking from a wine vessel (酉). 欠 also represents the sound. The 酉 (wine) component and the open mouth was later reanalyzed as 飠 (eat). Pinyin Separate values with commas yǐn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 饮 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 飠 is a component form of 食. Used here to depict an open mouth drinking from a wine vessel (酉). Later reanalyzed as 飠 (eat). Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 飲 Simp strokes 飲 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person bending over with their mouth open. 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